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Advances in Speech Production: Tools, Techniques and Recent ResearchDescriptionThe process of orally communicating our thoughts, intentions, feelings and attitudes requires speech production. This process is complex and occurs through coordination of respiration, phonation, articulation and resonance. Articulation constrains speech acoustics via continually varying configurations of the human vocal tract and the position of the speech articulators (tongue, lips, jaw, velum, and larynx). Recently, tools for examining speech production have been developed that, for one thing, allow for a better understanding of the relationship between speech articulation and acoustics. Such tools permit the collection of basic data that can contribute both to theory (speech production models) and practice (describing variation in normal and pathological production). The ARC Human Communication Sciences Network (HCSNet) is holding a workshop to introduce and describe the function of some of the tools used in speech production research, e.g., EMA, NDI WAVE system; Optical motion capture, Ultrasound, Electropalatograph (EPG), Electroglottograph (EGG). This workshop will provide hands on demonstrations of how such technology is being used to explore the intricacies of both speech production and perception. The meeting will include keynote addresses by international and national leaders in the field, including: ERIC VATIKIOTIS-BATESON, U British Columbia (Canada), Linguistics Department and Cognitive Systems Program AudienceThis event is aimed toward higher degree research students, postdoctoral fellows, and established researchers in speech sciences, phonetics and psycholinguistics whose research includes study speech production, and/or who want to incorporate into their research toolbox one or more of these cutting edge technologies for investigating the multi-faceted and multi-modal dynamics of human speech. Event FormatMARCS Auditory Labs provide the perfect venue since all of the equipment is on site. Furthermore this two day workshop will provide a tangible spur for sets of national and international collaborations. Brief overview of the demonstrations/workshop 2. EMA + Vicon system. A more traditional solution to tongue tracking, with the innovation of simultaneous 3D face motion tracking 3. 2D/3D motion tracking and 4dMd scanner, for speaking face studies. In addition, two research systems that provide high quality video tracking will be demonstrated with hands-on practice 4. Ultrasound for speech research. The relatively new application of ultrasound to speech production research provides data on the dynamically changing shape of the surface of the tongue blade and body as a whole during speech. 5. Electropalatagraph. This technique provides relatively fine-grained time varying information about contact between areas of the tongue's surface and the hard palate (roof of the mouth) during speech. 6. Electroglottograph. This device measures the activity of the glottis during speech, providing information about the timing and rate of glottal pulsing (opening-closing cycles of the vocal folds), or voicing, during speech. 7. Motion-capture visualization. FaceRobot & Matlab GUIs 8. Data Analysis (PCA, ICA, FDA). Important Dates
Submission FormatWe invite researchers to submit abstracts for Speed Paper presentations in the following areas: Provide a brief summary (<100 words) that includes the issue addressed, the technology and processing/analysis used, type of data collected, the outcome, and the theoretical or applied implications. Submission deadline: Monday 15th March 2010 Registration InformationRegistration for the workshop is free for HCSNet members that have joined HCSNet 2 months in advance of the event. Non-members can join, free of charge, via the the HCSNet website http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/. For non-HCSNet members and new members (under 2 months membership) the registration is $50 per day. For members and non-members please follow the link below to register. Please register for the workshop via the online registration page. Then, once you have registered, and if you do not qualify for free registration, proceed to the UWS iPay system to pay for your registration as follows. Step 1: Visit https://ipay.uws.edu.au/ in a new window. Step 2: Review the iPay system information and click 'Continue'. Step 3: Find the 'HCSNet Workshops' option in the products list by scrolling down, select it and click 'Submit'. Step 4: Select 2 day workshop by clicking add to order. Add the items listed in the table below to your order by using the 'Add to Order' button. Select Workshop - Speech TOTAL COST $100 Step 5: Add to order then 'Proceed to Purchase Order' to complete your registration purchase. Registration: Closes Friday 9th April 2010 Register online for this event. Getting ThereTRANSPORT Bus Trains To/From the Airport Taxis Car Parking Travel BursariesHCSNet will fund a number of travel grants of up to $500 to help cover the costs of travel and accommodation for Australian-based HCSNet members from outside the Sydney area. To be eligible for a travel grant, you must have been an HCSNet Member for two months prior to the event, and you must provide a submission as described above. If not all participants can be covered, funding will be allocated based on the relevance of your abstract to the workshop theme; also, students and early career researchers (in HCSNet terms, those who have received their PhDs in the last fifteen years)will have priority. Please ensure that you indicate at the time of submission if you wish to considered for a travel grant. Submission deadline for travel grant: 15th March 2010 DinnerFriday evening April 23 (at completion of the first day of the workshop): Summerland Lebanese Restaurant Cost - Students $10, Non-Students $20 http://www.summerlandrestaurant.com.au/ OrganisersProfessor Chris Davis
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